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Elluminate, Inc. Positioned in Visionaries Quadrant in Industry Report on Web Conferencing
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Sept. 4 /PRNewswire/ -- Elluminate, Inc., a leading
provider of live eLearning and web collaboration solutions, today announced
that it has been positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the Visionaries Quadrant of
the "Magic Quadrant for Web Conferencing" for 2008.(1) The study assessed
selected web conferencing vendors according to their ability to execute and
completeness of vision. Among the criteria used for evaluation were
innovation, market understanding, overall viability, product strategy, and
customer experience.
According to Gartner, "Real-time collaboration support is becoming a
primary requirement, after e-mail, for efficient enterprise communications.
Web conferencing not only allows people to collaborate virtually and share
information, it also provides facilities to record and capture formal or ad
hoc collaborative interactions for later tracking and reuse. As organizations
develop their collaboration strategies from a technical and people
perspective, web-conferencing penetration rates will increase because of the
cost savings and productivity improvements web conferencing brings."
"We're honored to be recognized in the Visionaries Quadrant in the Gartner
Magic Quadrant for Web Conferencing," said Maurice Heiblum, president of
Elluminate, Inc. "We believe representation in this influential industry
report is validation of Elluminate's strengths in the eLearning, online
collaboration, and web conferencing market. We are continuing the enhance
Elluminate Live!(R) in ways that enable enterprise-wide adoption as well as
allow entry-level users to experience the benefits of real-time web
collaboration. In addition, we have expanded our product suite to include
make it simple for anyone to deliver engaging online sessions and distribute
post-session content."
About the Gartner Magic Quadrant
The Magic Quadrant is copyrighted 2008 by Gartner, Inc. and is reused with
permission. The Magic Quadrant is a graphical representation of a marketplace
at and for a specific time period. It depicts Gartner's analysis of how
certain vendors measure against criteria for that marketplace, as defined by
Gartner. Gartner does not endorse any vendor, product or service depicted in
the Magic Quadrant, and does not advise technology users to select only those
vendors placed in the "Leaders" quadrant. The Magic Quadrant is intended
solely as a research tool, and is not meant to be a specific guide to action.
Gartner disclaims all warranties, express or implied, with respect to this
research, including any warranties of merchantability or fitness for a
particular purpose.
About Elluminate, Inc.
Elluminate, Inc. provides proven, best-in-class solutions for real-time
online learning and collaboration that deliver exceptional outcomes, including
enhanced learning experiences, increased retention and completion rates, and
higher ROI. The Elluminate Learning Suite(TM) includes Elluminate Plan!(TM)
for building online session plans, Elluminate Live!(R) for real-time session
interaction, and Elluminate Publish!(TM) for post-session content
distribution. Elluminate has served more than 300 million web-collaboration
minutes to over 3 million teachers and students located in 185 different
countries.
Headquartered inCalgary, Alberta, Canada, andFort Lauderdale, Florida,
Elluminate is the trusted choice of prominent academic institutions and
corporations, including ADP, Apple Computer, California State University, Duke
University, Florida Virtual School, Georgetown University, Georgia State
University, K12, Inc., London Knowledge Lab, Los Angeles Unified School
District,Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Novell, Queen's University, Royal
Veterinary College, Red Hat, Sun Microsystems, University of Illinois, and
many more. The winner of several prestigious awards, the company is also one
of Deloitte's 50 Fastest Growing Technology Companies and is positioned in the
Visionaries Quadrant of the Gartner Magic Quadrant for Web Conferencing, 2008.
For more information, visit http://www.elluminate.com.
(1) Gartner "Magic Quadrant for Web Conferencing" by David Mario Smith and
Jeffrey Mann, July 29, 2008.
Elluminate Live! and No User Left Behind are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Elluminate, Inc.,Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
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